Presser lid with steaming attachment



Sept. 30, 1952 H. D. DAVIS PRESSER LID WITH STEAMING ATTACHMENT FiledJun e 22, 1949 HTI'DRNI'Y Patented Sept. 30, 1952 UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE PRESSER LID WITH STEAMING ATTACHMENT Harold D. Davis, Brooklyn,N. Y.

Application June 22, 1949, Serial No. 100,569

1 Claim. 1

The purpose of my invention is to provide a new means of steaming thelid of the conventional pressing machine.

My invention also provides for the use of a syphon water spray from abottle, which sprays water on a screen which covers the pressingsurface.

Referring to the drawings which illustrate my invention Figure 1 is afront elevation of presser lid with steaming attachment installed.

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the presser lid enlarged.

Figure 3 is a section taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a section taken on the line 4-4 of Figure 1.

Figure 5 is a top plan view of the bottle clamp.

Figure 6 is a side elevation of the bottle clamp.

Figure 7 is a front elevation of the bottle clamp.

A presser lid or press head I in a conventional pressing machine,carries at its upper edge two brackets 2 riveted or otherwise fastenedat either end of the lid. A rod or handle 3 is secured intermediate thebrackets 2 and has slidably mounted to it a bottle clamp 4 which holdsthe bottle 5 rigidly. The lower edge of the lid I has a piano hinge 6secured to it, to which is hinged a U frame 1 of approximately the shapeof the lid. A piece of absorbing cloth is held taut in the frame 1 toprovide a dampening screen. A knob 9 is secured to the flange It] on theupper edge of the frame to facilitate pulling down from the lid. Inorder to retract the frame to the lid two springs II are mounted inrecesses [2 in the lid and fastened to the frame at l3 thus allowing aquick return movement.

The clamp 4 is constructed with loops [4 which encircle the rod 3 and adepending end l5 tends to keep the clamp in a normal position as shownin Figure 3. Two arcs l6 extend upwardly from the loops I4 and encirclethe front end of the neck I! of the bottle 5. One of two further strutmembers l8 protrude horizontally from the loops H to the central coil [9from which an arc 20 extends upwardly. This are again terminates in acentral coil 2| which in turn extends upwardly to form an are 22. Theare 22 finally returns to form the strut l8. It will be seen that theclamp may be made of one piece of wire. The are members 20 and 22encircle the rear end of the bottle neck I! thus clamping the bottlerigidly to hold it in position as shown in Figure 3.

The syphon lever 23 and the spout 24 allow the flow of the spray ofwater onto the cloth screen after the frame is pulled away from the lidas shown in Figure 4. The clamp may be slid along the length of the rodin order to get the spray on all parts of the cloth. The bottle may alsobe tilted to allow the spray of water to go lower onto the cloth. Thedepending end l5 of the clamp acting as a spring will return the bottleto normal position.

The lid is electrically heated by elements not shown, receiving currentthrough the plug 25 which is attached to the end of the lid. A syphonspray of the character referred to in this application is described inPatent Number 2,326,641.

Although the drawings and specification disclose the best method inwhich I have embodied my invention, I desire in no way to be limited tothe details of my disclosure for the reason that slight changes in formand proportion may be made without departing from the spirit of myinvention within the broad scope of the appending claim.

What I claim as new and novel is:

In combination with a pressing machine having a pressing head providedwith an upper longitudinal edge and adapted to be used with a pressingcloth, a steaming attachment comprising a pair of brackets secured tosaid upper longitudinal edge of said press head adjacent to the endsthereof, a rod secured to and extending intermediately of said brackets,a liquid container slidably carried by said rod, spray forming meanscarried by said container directed at the upper surface of said clothwhereby a spray of liquid may be ejected from said container onto saidpressing cloth upon the operation of said spray forming means.

HAROLD D. DAVIS.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 886,270 Surprenant Apr. 28, 19081,208,714 Snow Dec. 12, 1916 1,230,389 Finkel et al June 19, 1917FOREIGN PATENTS 7 Number Country Date 194,233 Great Britain Mar. 8, 1923

